AUSTRALIA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 156, 8 December 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIA

TRADE NORMAL AGAIN. iNEW TAXATION IMPOSED. Brisbane, December 7. All the prices fixed in the southern districts for commodities, excepting the retail prices of meat, have been rescinded, as it is considered trade has resumed its normal course. Brisbane, December 7. All the prices fixed in the southern districts for commodities, excepting the retail prices of meat, have been rescinded, as it is considered trade has resumed its normal course. Sydney, December 7. The Commonwealth-s new scheme for land taxation includes Government leaseholds, which previously have escaped. It is estimated the exrta yield will be j '£Boo,ooo to £900,000. Sydney increases the price of drinks to-day. Westralian hotelkeepers and tobacconists are also giving the public the benefit of the increased duties. EXPORT OF WOOL. PARTIAL REMOVAL OF RESTRICTION. Received 7, 9 pjn. London, November 7. The Board of Trade announces that it is not intended to remove the prohibition of the export of wool and woollen goods for at least two months, but it will be permissible to export cashmere in any form, shoddy containing more than onethird of cotton, black cloth, and patterned fancy cloth, except underclothing. ENEMY SUBJECTS BARRED. NONE WORKING ON WHARVES. Received 9, 8.50 pjn. Sydney, December 7. Cabinet has decided that the State brickyards shall have preferenee over other suppliers of material for Government contracts. • In consequence of the wharf laborers decision not to work with enemyjgub-